Thursday, December 23, 2010

Holiday Break Brewing

I have not posted in a few weeks but I have been busy brewing. I currently have two kegs full of "Rabbits Run" (my hoppy pale ale) on tap. That was brewed 3 weeks ago. I also rebrewed the "Bees Knees" using some honey malt, recipe below.

I top cropped a very healthy amount of yeast from the Bees Knees batch and I am planning on brewing a double IPA maybe the day after Christmas. I have the week off between Christmas and New Years and I may brew another batch during the week sometime, but I don't yet know what I want other than a double IPA. Later, I will post a picture comparison of the double batch of rabbits run. I used a white labs product to clear up "chill haze" in one fermenter, and the other fermenter didn't get the haze clarify-er. We will see if there is a difference.


Bees Knees


0-A Untitled Style


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Size: 6.5 gal

Efficiency: 77.16%

Attenuation: 81.7%

Calories: 204.63 kcal per 12.0 fl oz



Original Gravity: 1.062 (1.000 - 1.100)

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Terminal Gravity: 1.011 (1.000 - 1.100)

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Color: 13.93 (0.0 - 50.0)

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Alcohol: 6.65% (0.0% - 10.0%)

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Bitterness: 89.3 (0.0 - 50.0)

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Ingredients:



13.0 lb Pale Ale Malt

2.0 lb Honey Malt

4.0 oz Dark Crystal Malt II

2.0 oz Willamette (4.8%) - added first wort, boiled 20.0 min

1.0 oz Nugget (14.1%) - added during boil, boiled 60.0 min

2.0 oz Willamette (4.8%) - added during boil, boiled 30.0 min

2.0 oz Willamette (4.8%) - added during boil, boiled 10.0 min

2.0 oz Willamette (4.8%) - added during boil, boiled 0.0 min

2.0 oz Willamette (4.8%) - added dry to primary fermenter


Schedule:



Ambient Air: 70.0 °F

Source Water: 68.0 °F

Elevation: 500.0 ft



00:03:00 Mash In - Liquor: 5.72 gal; Strike: 161.86 °F; Target: 152.0 °F

01:03:00 Saccharification Rest - Rest: 60.0 min; Final: 151.2 °F

01:15:00 Sparge - First runnings: 0.0 gal sparge @ 170.0 °F, 3.75 gal collected, 5 min; Second Runings: 5.5 gal sparge @ 168.0 °F, 5.5 gal collected, 7 min; Total Runoff: 9.45 gal


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